Morbid Angel - Tales of the Sick (Full Official Documentary) 

I met Vincent at a record store in Nottingham for the first grindcrusher tour and there was hardly nobody there. He hung out with us and gave us some merch and got us into the gig at Rock City that night. 2 years later they were back for the blessed tour and fans were cueing down the street at the same store. When I walked in he recognised me instantly, which annoyed alot of ppl there 😂. And again he got me into the show that night and took Amazing care of me. A Real grounded and Humble guy and a memory I will Always cherish. 🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘🤘

Trey is a death metal Jedi master. One of the original players that taught us a new way to do things back in the day. Other bands may play faster or more technical nowadays but it’s really just a permutation of what these guys started. Trey is one of our last true teachers left, I look forward to anything his warped mind puts forth. This is just one of many brilliant albums…

Morbid Angel from 1989-1993 were fucking untouchable. They were a lot more than death metal.

I met David when l was playing bass for Atheist to support the Unquestionably Tour… Tony and I were hanging out in Miami.He approached us and introduced himself.He was super cool! He congratulated me for getting the Atheist gig and at the time also Cynic.Tony had joined Pestilence. David is an intellectual and quite respectful. Morbid Angel was the gateway band for the metal in Tampa Bay… Cheers. Darren

In my opinion, Nile, Morbid Angel, Immolation, Incantation, Autopsy and Krisiun are the greatest death metal bands in the whole world. Every album they release, is a crushing piece of music.

the first 3 Morbid Angel albums are absolutely untouchable. the atmosphere they created on those projects is so dark and unique. they really did separate themselves from the rest of the death metal bands of this era. Morbid Angel, Death, and Cannibal Corpse are the holy trinity of old school death metal 🤘🏼

If you didn't have a Morbid Angle logo painted on your pencil case in white out at school you never truly lived.

A fan since the conception. Now I’m in my 60s and their music are still essential.

Rest in peace Richard Brunelle.... You are certainly now with the ancient ones

I used to loop Blessed start to finish while working on cars with my close friends. Pinstriping, welding patch panels, dropping/removing in engines and transmissions, doing full paint jobs, man the memories. Blessed always takes me back to fun times. i loved that album right when I heard it. Best MA album ever, right in the feels.

Saw Morbid Angel at The Masquerade in Atlanta . Crowbar opened for them on the Covenant tour in 1993. One of the best shows I've ever been to.

Blessed are the Sick tour, Sydney, Enmore Theatre... BEST CONCERT IVE EVER SEEN

I wish ever metal documentary was as good as the cannibal corpse one

Man that road where Cliff Burton died is freaking CURSED!!!

Blessed Are The Sick, renaissance masterpiece!

Morbid Angel took their look from the early 80's European extreme metal bans like Hell Hammer and Bathory.

Bought this album on cassette back in 1991 - scared the bejesus out of all of my friends playing it on a Walkman, they'd ask me: "what is that white noise?".....this magnificent, symphonic, elevated, artful, innovative, just plain beautiful album changed my life. There are solos by Trey on BATS, for example, that just defy belief, David kicks ass, Pete is incredible, and Richard definitely adds a lot...so glad I got to experience this heyday of Death Metal first time 'round....

I gave Trey my favorite tape of Chopin Nocturnes before a gig in Seattle in the 90's..Shocked he emphatically didn't know who Chopin was. But the best of it was i got his so fking stoned that i could tell when they went on he was high as fk. ILamo. However the show was fking killer. But i want that tape back.

I was at both of the shows at The Vatican (later named The Abyss) in Houston. I remember during the second show David started talking about the stabbing at the first show and the guy that got stabbed was being held up by his buddies and saying "that was me". David told him to get down before he gets stabbed again. 😆😆😆

"Blessed are the Sick" is the first metal album I heard in 1993 at at 13 years old. The rest is history.

From the first time I heard Morbid Angel I just love their musik I was around 15 y.o. now I´m 41 and they are FOR ME still Masters od Death Metal ! Morbid Angel rules ! Forever Morbid !

blessed are the sick is the best..reminds me of childhood

absolute best death metal band from this era. saw them at the showcase in corona in early 90's. definitely inspired me to continue to play guitar. trey and richard were way ahead of their time.

Awesome. Classic album, classic band, classic period. Screw the haters. Long Live Morbid Angel.

Oh, now you upload this, right after I bought the DVD...

Blessed are the Sick is undeniably the best death metal album hands down. This album still has the impact on me as it did the very first time I heard it back in 91'. And how they matched the artwork with the music...everything...absolute perfection.

I remember watching them in a club in 1992 I'm so lucky to have seen them live at that time The Altars of Madness is not just an album, it is a benchmark standard that separated try hard lousy attempts from guys who could really master the art form. They set the standard for death hands down.

Metal artists always struck me as pretty smart. Second to prog rockers, maybe. Listen to guys from Cannibal Corpse, Obituary, Chuck. Smart dudes.

Early Morbid Angel is some of the best death metal ever. Altars is my favorite, but Blessed is a close second.

When I hear Tom Morris, in the beginning of the vide,o explaining how they recorded the drums, it makes me feel even more respect for Pete Sandoval.

Such a good band and big inspiration on modern Death Metal, Tech Death Metal, Grindcore, etc. I first started listening to Morbid when Covenant came out. My favorite album by Morbid and to me was there most technical was “Formulas Fatal to the Flesh”. I’m a drummer and guitar player and that album to me was the most difficult to play. I’m a fan of all of Morbids albums though.

Death metal and classical music are the hardest pieces of music to play from a technical standpoint. So glad I found this documentary.

thanks for the upload! this was very enjoyable, loved hearing some of those tour stories 🤣

1st time I heard Chapel of Ghouls was btwn bands at a show & bought the album the next day. Still have my vinyl copy with the inner sleeve signed by Vincent, Azagthoth, Brunelle & Sandoval.

Trey Azagthoth. Best name ever.

Great tour, I was at Joe's Garage in FT. Worth. Death Metal was killing it back then so many good bands.

I met Carl and Dallas of Nile in Cleveland, they held and posed with the King Tut Flying V I made, covered with 24kt gold leaf. Nice guys. They were holding a master class before the concert played.

This is rad. I bought a reissue of Blessed this week and this suddenly shows up on my RU-vid Feed!!!

I grew up on sabbath,priest ,maiden and then started listening to the american thrash overkill,metal church etc.there was a point where i was blown away by mercyful fate ,slayer and the darker stuff.when i started getting into death metal the first great album i bought was altars of madness.i listened to carcass ,they also were great.napalm death,and many others.morbid angel are my favorite death metal band,hands down.lou csanko.

Being from Florida and close to Tampa, to me and my friends back in the 90s Morbid Angel was our absolute favorite. Saw them as many times as we could and always had their albums on in the background wether skating, or just sitting around....those days were golden.

Fun fact: David Vincent wrote and recorded all of MA's parts by himself. He is so monumentally talented that he is able to project himself physically so that it appears to the outside observer as if he is 4 different people. Sandoval and Azagthoth never really existed. Nor did any of the other guitarists. In fact, you don't even exist. You are merely the external manifestation of David Vincent. There is no reality. Only Vincent. David Vincent is the Chuck Testa of metal.

Damn...I miss the 90`s

Half of my deranged high school life was all because of Altars Of Madness.

It's funny that people complain about this documentary... If you adore abnormal music, why do you expect a normal documentary?

To answer a few questions about this documentary.... 1. The rest of the band did not want to be in it. Trey, Pete and Richard don't like talking on camera. 2. The time period to construct the documentary as well as the budget was REALLY limited. 3. The amount of footage from that time was limited since Morbid Angel had a STRICT no video policy back then. I hope this gives some insight for people that think that there is something lacking here. Keep in mind that we are talking about something that happened in 1991. Had it not been for the people that you see featured in the various interviews, there would have been nothing.

I just started listening to morbid angel the other day. Saw a short of where the slime live and that riff hooked me.

been listening to blessed since it came out and from 90 till now I will go to Morbid whenever they are playing, by far my favorite band and they have always been great guys to meet at their shows

Why the hell hasn't this video gotten a lot of views?! This is a great vid!

that was really cool! missed an hour of sleep to watch this, well worth it!

Covenant is my favorite Morbid Angel album, but Blessed Are The Sick is my favorite Morbid Angel song. I once managed to sneak into a metal festival for free, and saw Pete Sandoval and David Vincent with I Am Morbid (and Emperor as well). They played the Covenant album almost entirely without the songs Angel of Disease, Sworn to the Black and Nar Mattaru. And yes they played Blessed Are The Sick. Also when Pete was checking his drums before the show, people started shouting ”Commando!” at him, and he kicked his bass drum in the beat of the chanting.

cool shot of the Trocadero in Philly. That is where I first saw Morbid Angel in early 94.

¡PETE "COMANDO" SANDOVAL!

I was too young to catch them in the early 90's as I was only 6-7 years old, but saw them on the Masters of Chaos tour in April '06 at the House of Blues in Orlando. It was when David Vincent had rejoined the band. It was 3/4 of the Altars/Blessed lineup. Great fucking set! I'm glad I went.

David is such a good dude. Super intelligent, nice, and appreciative of his fans.

Cool to see Nile in this! It's too bad Azagthoth is such an anti-social. Lol. Him and James Murphy are my favorite DM guitar players!

Altars of Madness is my bible.

Saw you guys in Austin, great show

this was cool but somebody please do a documentary worthy of this legendary inspirational band

Total deeper respect for the entire Band.in my opinion at the top of the death metal Mount Olympus it's that nightmarish free spirit quality that does it.that organic element. And the guys working for them were a perfect fit

Vincent chillin like a villain with sum candles n shit , he needs a pet black cat on his lap

My favorite parts are where they talk about road BS for half the documentary and not about the band or the music, and how neither Trey nor Pete are actually in this outside of old footage.

Really cool documentary.

my opinion, this voice is something really mind blowing a whole death metal history, oh my god, david vincent is mine favorite voice, blessed are the sick is for me masterpiece!

My buddy Will Livie got me into Morbid Angel. I wasn't really into metal at all back then, so we would argue about music to listen to. There were some crossover thrash bands we both liked. One night he puts on Morbid Angel and says "I bet this will shut you up" He was right. I'd never heard double kicks playing a different time signature than what the rest of the band was doing. Giving the songs an uncanny feeling of being slow and fast at the same time. Will is passed now. But I always picture him with that baseball hat with Morbid Angel drawn on the bill in Sharpie.

havent watched all of it but this explains from what ive seen the drum sound

wooooow. The studio guy’s really breakin that shit DOWN. 🔥🤘🏾

A landmark album that I still listen to. Ahead of it's time.

Sun Glasses and candles

To me, BATS will always be their finest effort. It's depraved, passionate and totally reckless, and it has a tremendous atmosphere. It's like a dance with chaos.

Спасибо Тому и Джиму Моррису за их труд по созданию охуенного звука для сотен !!! тяжелых групп !!! спасибо Морбидам,Бруталити,Найлу,Малеволентам и кучам других талантливейших групп дэта,блэка,грайнда,дума ;-))

Amazing!

I am a massive Morbid Angel fan, just wish I was born in 1970 not 2000 haha. Would have been able to see them all in their prime.

Sick doc !

Thank you :)

Morbid Angel carried me through high school

Blessed are the sick, so i am blessed sick i got into this a masterpiece!

18:09 Rod is wearing a Power of Dreams t-shirt. An Irish band, it's the cover of their debut album, depicting a child in Dublin's poverty stricken Belvedere Place. I did NOT expect to see that in this documentary.

Woah was that a bear?

one of fav bands ever

Man no mention of Mike Browning I really loved his work with the band. Pete is definitely a better drummer but I think Mike definitely should be credited for creating the sound of Morbid Angel with his vocals and drumming. Most of Blessed are the Sick owes a lot to him.

When Morbid Angel came to Puerto Rico David Vincent was very angry because there was no much fans in the club.

30:00 I understand perfectionism, and wanting to give the beloved fans the best show possible. But... Die-hard fans, who don’t get to see their favorite band every weekend, would have been ecstatic to see M.A. play on subpar equipment anyway! Especially stuff the fans scrambled to provide. I doubt they would have been too critical. I wouldn’t have been. I’ve never been at the level of Morbid Angel, both fan base or playing ability wise, but I know about showing up late to a gig, through adversity, and having to borrow the ENTIRE equipment line from another band - and it turned out to be wonderful anyway! Even discovered new shit that I liked and eventually used. Incredible band. Cool doc. Poor move canceling gig. Maybe I’m wrong, but the ONLY justification - in my sorta humble opinion - for canceling a show is that you are literally PHYSICALLY not able to be there in your physical life forms.

Straight from the soul!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hail.....The Heart And Soul Of Dark Music

Really sick album!

That man has a mini merkin on his chin.

Been listening to Morbid Angel since I was 13 years old (1988-89) Altars of Madness I had the tape lol and I fucking wore it out. Bought another. And another 🤓👍 I fucking love it still at 46 😈

Covenant is definitely top 10 all time for death metal albums.

Where the slime live will always be one of the heaviest riffs of all time

cheers

this is best, sound fantastic and voice is mind blowing a whole death metal history

Morbid Angel and Deicide best Death MEtal ever

My favourite band after Death

I love how when they talk about the fans taking care of the protesters for them they show the trocadero in Philly 💪💪💪

That was the sickest video!!!!

For those who ask....the final chant of the people is in Argentina , buenos Aires...it says....ole ole ole , ole ole ole ola , cada día te quiero más...ohh morbid angel...es un sentimiento, no puedo parar..!!..which means...every day i love You more..ohh morbid angel it's a huge sentiment that i cannot stop !!... That chant usually sings the people to their favorite soccer team as a demonstration of eternal love.. In this case...to morbid angel and everything they mean to us...the argentinian metal people...!

Vincent has high IQ.

What a Band thank you guys and all metal bands you are my source of energy every time long live metal!!!!! \m/

I LOVE bark and growls!!!!! Keep the awesome work goin,Baby!!!!! I can't imagine the album being a cooch and bootie kind of LP That would be excruciating!!😫😭

Nothing will ever replace authentic Morris town recordings

I saw these guys back in 1991 at the Rockfabrik in Ludwigsburg Germany. They toured with Sadus and Unleashed. Morbid Angel was the headliner.